Arne Slot reveals Diogo Jota is back in Liverpool training and gives update on Darwin Nunez and Joe Gomez

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Liverpool face Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday as they look to end the Cherries unbeaten run.

Andoni Iraola’s side have been in stunning form of late and are without defeat in their past 12 matches in all competitions.

But Liverpool are no slouches themselves. Top of the Premier League table and with the prospect of both Arsenal and Man City dropping points once again this weekend, the Reds have a big chance to capitalise.

In order to do so, Liverpool are going to have to be at their best.

Having given most of his best players a rest for the midweek trip to PSV Eindhoven, Arne Slot will be hoping that his Liverpool squad are refreshed and ready to go at the Vitality Stadium.

As well as bringing those players back into the fold, Slot also looks set to be boosted by the return of three previously unavailable players.

Liverpool trio back in training

Liverpool have been doing very well on the injury front in recent weeks.

With the coaching staff managing loads expertly, the only players to have missed significant time have been Diogo Jota and Joe Gomez.

Darwin Nunez was added to the ‘missing’ list on Wednesday having been struck down with illness before facing PSV.

With Gomez returning to training earlier in the week, Slot was asked whether the defender is ready to face Bournemouth on Saturday and also if Jota and Nunez will be available for selection.

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“All three of them are in training today,” answered the Liverpool head coach. “So then the question is are they already far enough to join us to go to Bournemouth?

“That’s something we have to wait and see today, because we probably also have more than 20 players available. So, we have to make the smartest decision for them and also for winning the game tomorrow.”

Will trio feature against Bournemouth?

Given the strong availability within the group at the moment, Slot can take it easy with each of these players.

As a result, we would not expect either Jota or Gomez to be in the squad that heads to the south coast. Neither do they need to be.

Nunez’s situation is slightly different in that it was only illness which kept him from featuring in midweek.

Given that he is already back in training, it seems probable that the Uruguayan will be ready for Saturday’s game.